Millennium Park becomes top tourist attraction in U.S. Midwest

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

A visitor count carried out during the final six months of calendar year
2016 showed 12.9 million visitors setting foot in Chicago’s iconic
park, making Millennium Park
the most popular single site in the central region of the United
States. The park centers around sculptor Anish Kapoor’s internationally
recognized abstract stainless-steel sculpture “Cloud Gate.” Millennium
Park topped the Midwest’s second-most-visited tourist attraction,
Chicago’s Navy Pier.